One person was taken into custody after a high-speed chase that ended on Interstate 70 near Prospect Avenue east of downtown Kansas City.

One person was taken into custody after a high-speed chase that ended on Interstate 70 near Prospect Avenue east of downtown Kansas City.

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Updated: 5:51 PM CDT Jul 14, 2014

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WEBVTT COME OUT. WE'LL BING YOU -- BRING YOU NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY HAPPEN. A HIGH-SPEED CHASE TURNS INTO A CRAWL ALONG I-70 TODAY. IT SHUT DOWN PART OF THE INTERSTATESTER INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. HIGH-SPEED CHASE DURING THE LUNCH HOUR TODAY STARTED WITH POLICE FOLLOWING A BLACK CHEVROLET WITH A MURDER SUSPECT, A MURDER FROM YESTERDAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, DRIVING THAT VEHICLE. AT ONE POINT, THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF EASTBOUND THROUGH INDEPENDENCE BACK TO 435, SOUTHBOUND TO I-70 UPON CROSSING THE MANCHESTER BRIDGE THE VEHICLE SLOWED AND THINGS STARTED FLYING OUT OF THE WINDOWS. WE KNOW AT ONE POINT, IT WAS CLOTHING BUT OTHER ITEMS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED. IT CAME TO AN END WEST OF PROSPECT WHERE POLICE WITH GUNS DRAWN TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. THEY SHUT DOWN I-70 SO BIG BACKUPS ON I-70 TO THE JACKSON CURVE FOR A WHILE AND EVENTUALLY BACK OPEN.

High-speed police chase snarls traffic near downtown

One person was taken into custody after a high-speed chase that ended on Interstate 70 near Prospect Avenue east of downtown Kansas City.